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Patented May 23, 19199.

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. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE ROST, OE CANTON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO M. M. HEAD AND W. M. MORRIS, OF SAME PLACE.

STENCIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,700, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed Ja uary 21,1898. Serial No. 667,514. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatI, CLARENCE ROsT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Lewis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Stencil, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to stencils for lettering, fresco, and ornamental work, and

has for its object to enable the letters or de-' by means of narrow strips, wherebyit is possible to use exceedingly thin sheet material in the construction of the stencil, thereby enabling a high grade of work to be accomplished.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of theinvention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the following description.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing from the principle or sacrificing anyof the advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stencil constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is adetail longitudinal section on the line Y Y of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The stencil comprises a light frame 1 of suitable size and outline, according to the character of the work to be stenciled. This frame, which maybe of wood or metal, serves as a support for the stenciland the adjunctive parts and as a guard to prevent the brush from coming in contact with the surface being lettered or ornamented, thereby enabling the .work to be quickly performed without requiring any especial care on the part of the operator to prevent. daubing or smearing of parts 4 maybe formed with or applied to the cross-bars 3, and their size will depend upon the dimensions of the part or parts 5 to be supported thereby. The cross-bars 3, with their arms or projecting parts 4, will be provided and used in connection with such letters and designs as have center or isolated pieces and which pieces are generally connected by narrow strips or bridges with the body of the stencil. It will thus be seen that the letter or design is wholly unobstructed and may be stenciled entire in the space formed between the inner and outer boundary-lines. This feature of the invention is'shown applied to the letters A, 8;, and 0.

Letters, designs, characters, and symbols having reentrant portions 6 connected with the body of the stencil by narrow strips have the said rentrantparts stiffened and strengthened by reinforcements 7, which are cemented or otherwise secured to the rear side of the stencil, and these reinforcements 7 may be of any suitable material which is light and stiff and of such a size as not to project to the outer edge of the parts 6, thereby not interfering with the formation of a sharp outline in the work when completed. Other reinforcements 8 are secured to the body of the stencil to stiffen and brace it. Stay-bars 9 connectthe opposing sides of the frame 1 and are secured to the rear side of the stencil and serve to brace both the frame and stencil. These brace-bars 9 are located at breaks in the stencil and between letters.

The thinner the material of which the stencil is formed the more pronounced is the outline of the work and the less the liability for the stenoiling material or pigment to run when the stencil is in use.

The advantages of the invention Will be readily appreciated when applied to com paratively large stencils, inasmuch as the stencil is stiif and rigid and at the same time light and capable of being easily handled, and it is not necessary to fill in after the letters or designs have been stenciled.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination, a stencil and reinforcements conforming approximately to the outline of the separated and isolated parts and secured to the rear side of the stencil for stiffening, strengthening and bracing it, substantially as described.

2. In combination, a frame, a stencil secured to one side of the frame, and bars secured to the stencil and to members of the frame for stiffening, strengthening and bracing the stencil and frame, substantially as set forth.

3. A stencil constructed substantially as specified, the same comprising aframe, a stencil securedto one side of the frame, reinforcements applied to the body and .to the reen-- CLARENCE ROST.

Witnesses:

ROBERT W. RAY, A. D. LEWIS. 

